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October 20, 2024 (PARIS) – Darfur Governor and Sudan Liberation Movement leader Minni Minawi called for the formation of a single army after the end of the war, saying it was a necessary condition for stability and democratic rule in the country.

October 20, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Abu Aqla Kakil, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander in Al Jazirah state, has defected to the Sudanese army, the armed forces said on Sunday. The Sudanese army spokesman said Kakil “chose the side of righteousness and the nation today after leaving the rebels’ ranks and deciding to fight alongside our forces.

October 19, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim on Saturday called for the immediate closure of the Adre border crossing with Chad, alleging it has become a conduit for weapons reaching the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

October 19, 2024 (AL-DINDER) – The Sudanese army clashed with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the outskirts of Al-Dinder on Saturday, as it pressed a renewed offensive to retake the strategically important city in southeastern Sudan.

October 18, 2024 (CAIRO) – Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Friday reiterated his government’s denial of accusations by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that Cairo is providing military support to the Sudanese army.

October 18, 2024 (KHARTOUM BAHRI) – Residents of areas in northern Khartoum Bahri that remain outside of army control are facing a dire situation, with reports of renewed violence by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), acute food shortages, and a deadly outbreak of disease, local sources told Sudan Tribune on Friday.

October 18, 2024 (EL FASHER) – Tens of thousands of people have fled to Chad after Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias attacked 13 villages in northwestern North Darfur state, tribal leaders said on Friday.

October 18, 2024 (GEDERAF)—The Sudanese army launched a major military operation on Friday from the Al-Faw axis in Gederaf state, eastern Sudan, to advance towards Wad Madani, the capital of Al Jazirah state.

October 17, 2024 (JUBA) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir has sacked the head of the state-owned oil company (Nilepet) Mohammed Lino Benjamin barely six months after his appointment. Kiir, in a decree issued on Thursday, named Ayuel Ngor Kwocgor as Nilepet’s new Managing Director.

October 17, 2024 (NAIROBI) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Ethiopian government to take immediate action to protect Sudanese refugees who fled from their country to escape the horrors of war.

October 17, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – The Sudanese Journalists Union condemned the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Thursday for seizing the home of a prominent journalist in Nyala, South Darfur, the latest in a string of actions targeting civilians and suppressing dissent.

October 17, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan’s inflation rate dipped slightly to 215.52% in September from 218.18% in August, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported on Thursday, offering a glimmer of relief to a nation grappling with a devastating economic crisis.

October 17, 2024 (KAUDA) – A devastating famine in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan has claimed the lives of at least 646 people, with more than 52,000 suffering from malnutrition, according to the civilian administration of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N).

  October 16, 2024 (UNITED NATIONS) – Nearly 25,000 people fled Sudan for Chad in the first week of October, the highest weekly influx this year, as conflict intensifies, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

October 16, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – A dengue fever outbreak has killed 253 people and infected over 7,600 in Omdurman, Sudan’s third-largest city, the Steering Committee for the Sudanese Doctors’ Union said on Wednesday.

  October 16, 2024 (AL SHIGIG) – A truck carrying essential medical aid for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was seized at a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) checkpoint in Al Shigig, White Nile state, on Sept.

 October 16, 2024 (LOS ANGELES) – Two Sudanese nationals have been charged with running the “Anonymous Sudan” hacking group, accused of unleashing tens of thousands of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on critical infrastructure and government agencies worldwide, the U.S.

October 15, 2024 (AL DINDIR) – Activists on Tuesday accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing a new wave of abuses against civilians in several villages in Sudan’s Sennar state, including looting, killing and injuring residents.

October 15, 2024 (JUBA) – The United States embassy has called on the Transitional Government of South Sudan to take action to enhance food security in the country. The call came as the world marked World Food Day which is commemorated every 16 October.

  October 15, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army said on Monday it was closing in on several Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targets in the Al-Mugran area of Khartoum, aiming to reach the army’s general command headquarters in the east of the capital within days.

October 15, 2024 (WASHINGTON) – The Aligned for Advancing Lifesaving and Peace in Sudan (ALPS) Group, an international coalition focused on the Sudan crisis, urged the indefinite extension of humanitarian access through the Adré border crossing with Chad on Tuesday.

October 14, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Severe acute food insecurity has massively increased since the beginning of the conflict, leaving over half of the country experiencing severe food insecurity, aid agencies warned while urging urgent action and resources to save the situation.

October 14 2024 (JUBA) – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has expressed alarm over a series of violent clashes between armed actors in the country’s Central Equatoria state. This follows a recent incident in which at least 24 people, including 19 civilians were killed.

October 14, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – The head of the Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met with Djibouti’s Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, on Monday to discuss Sudan’s possible return to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

  October 14, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan dismissed accusations by the United Arab Emirates that its army bombed the Emirati ambassador’s residence in Khartoum and said on Monday it would pursue legal action to seek compensation from the UAE for damages resulting from its alleged support of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

October 14, 2024 (EL FASHER) – Hundreds of civilians have been killed and injured in El Fasher, Sudan, over the past six weeks as fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies, a health official said on Monday.

October 14, 2024 (ADDIS ABABA) – The African Union (AU) will reopen its liaison office in Port Sudan, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) said on Monday, as part of efforts to resolve the conflict in Sudan.

October 13, 2024 (KAMPALA) – A new survey has found that women make up just 2% of managers and editors in Sudanese media, highlighting a stark gender imbalance in the country’s newsrooms.

October 13, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan’s public prosecutor denied on Sunday that the arrest of a lawyer representing ousted Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok was linked to his request to access investigation files in a case against Hamdok and other civilian leaders.

October 13, 2024 (OMDURMAN) – A high-ranking military source revealed that the Sudanese army had received its first batch of armoured fighting vehicles designed to counter snipers. This delivery comes days after the army launched a ground operation to reclaim areas in Khartoum and central Sudan under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has deployed sniper teams on rooftops and balconies of high-rise buildings.

October 13, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – At least 23 people were killed and 40 wounded in an air strike by the Sudanese army on civilian areas in southern Khartoum on Saturday, activists reported.

October 12, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – A senior Sudanese general said on Friday that Egyptian air strikes could end the country’s conflict within days, in statements that highlighted the fighting’s complex regional dimensions.